Combined harrow and shield.



J. C(BRAND. COMBINED HARROW AND SHIELD.

v APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18, 1911. 1,025,1 18.

Patented May 1912.

JAMES C. BRAND, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

COMBINED HARROW AND SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 18, 1911.

Patented May '7, 1912. Serial No. 639,109.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES 0. BRAND, a citizenof the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchananand State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Harrows and Shields, of which the following is aspecification.

The attachment which is the subject of the present invention is acombined harrow and fender, the same being designed to enable corn orother crops to be cultivated as closely as desired.

It is the object of the invention to provide an attachment of the kindstated embodying certain novel features of construction to behereinafter described and claimed, and furthermore, to provide improvedmeans for throwing the harrow teeth out of operation.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is hadto the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, inwhich drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment, partlybroken away, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a longitudinal beamwhich carries the attachment. The front end of the beam has an upwardbend which is provided with apertures 6 to receive suitable fasteningmeans for attaching the beam to the cultivator, the latter not beingshown as it forms no part of the present invention. The beam may besecured to any convenient part of the cultivator, and it is notnecessary to modify or alter the structure of the latter.

The fenders comprise two sheet metal plates 7 which are arrangedlongitudinally on opposite sides of the beam 5 to which latter they aresecured in spaced relation by cross bars 8 having upward bends 9 attheir inner ends between which the beam is received, and through whichparts bolts 10 pass for fastening the same together. The outer ends ofthe cross bars have downward bends 11 to which the fenders are securedby bolts 12, the bends being located on the inside of the fenders. Thefront edges of Copies of this patent may be obtained for the fenders arecurved as shown in Fig. 1 in order that they may ride freely over theground.

Between the fenders, near the front and rear ends thereof, are harrowteeth 13 which are carried by rock shafts 14 extending transverselybetween, and journaled at their ends in bearing apertures made in thefenders. The shafts are secured in the bearings by cotter pins 15 andwashers 16. Suitable clamps 17 secure the harrow teeth to the shafts.The teeth may be ordinary spike teeth.

The rock shafts 14 are provided in order that the harrow teeth 13 may beswung upwardly into inoperative position, this being done by a handlever 18 connected to a rocker arm 19 extending from the rear shaft, andalso connected by a link 20 to a rocker arm 21 extending from the frontshaft, both sets of harrow teeth being thus simultaneously thrown out ofaction. The hand lever is fulcrumed to the beam 5, and is provided withan ordinary spring latch 22 engageable with a toothed sector 23 mountedon the beam.

I claim:

The combination of a longitudinal beam having attaching means,cross-bars extending from opposite sides of the longitudinal beam andhaving up-turned inner ends between which said beam is located,fastening means passing through said up-turned ends of the cross-barsand the longitudinal beam, the outer ends of the cross-bars terminatingin downward bends, supports carried by the downwardly bent outer ends ofthe crossbars, transverse rock shafts extending between and carried bythe supports, harrow teeth carried by the rock shafts, arms extendingfrom the rock shafts, a link connecting said arms, and a lever fulcrumedon the beam and operatively connected to one of the arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES 0. BRAND. Witnesses:

HOWARD O. VARNER, CHAS. F. SoHAAr.

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